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Logan Mayor Pam Parker offered the 24-year-old the key to the city on Monday night via Twitter.

Troubled by youth crime and race-fuelled riots, the satellite city nestled between Brisbane and the Gold Coast has mounted a public relations campaign to change its image and the headlines it usually attracts.

‘‘We’re so extremely proud of her. This is our way of acknowledging her achievement and being a great role model to the young people of Logan.’’

Logan - home to 215 different ethnicities - has been dubbed the United Nations of Australia. Racial tensions, however, have boiled over in the past.

The uncle of NRL superstar Johnathan Thurston was bashed to death in a Woodridge park in 2008. Earlier this year, Pacific Islander and Aboriginal youths clashed on a suburban street, throwing fence palings and rocks at each other and police.

High levels of youth unemployment and a wide dependence on welfare have been blamed for the violence.

Like super-spruiker Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale, who arguably freed Ipswich from its tag as the ‘‘laughing stock of Queensland’’, Im could similarly help Logan change its spots.

Im never sang while at school, instead accompanying the choir on piano and playing violin for the school's Silver Strings group.

The John Paul College graduate came to Australia when she was nine years old. Like Britain's Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle, Im's previous experience was limited to performing in church.

Cr Parker said the council’s media department would liaise with Im’s new management at Sony Music to determine how soon she could receive the key to the city.

‘‘Logan has a lot of hidden gems and Dami is just one gem discovered by the X Factor,’’ Cr Parker said.

"We’ve got amazing musical talent in Logan and I would love to see so many others to get the opportunity to be discovered like Dami.

"We have recognised sporting ambassadors, arts and culture ambassadors, and community ambassadors.

"Dami is obviously an incredibly talented artist and musician and for this reason Logan recognises her as a cultural - arts and music - ambassador."